Our History
The LGBTQ+ Alliance Fund was formed in 1999, when the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona applied for and was awarded a two-year, $100,000 challenge grant from the National Lesbian and Gay Community Funding Partnership.
The Fund was established to expand funding opportunities and resources for LGBTQ+ organizations in Tucson and rural southern Arizona (Pima, Cochise and Santa Cruz counties) and to create linkages with straight allies.
Grant Impact
Our grants have supported diverse programs such as:
- Habitat for Humanity’s Rainbow Build
- Planned Parenthood’s Teen Advisory Group
- Bisbee Pride Celebration
- Tucson International Jewish Film Festival, Tucson Jewish Community Center
- KXCI, Out Loud!
- Let’s Get Better Together Conference, LGBT Behavioral Health Coalition
- Project Visibility, cultural competency training for staff of assisted living facilities, Pima Council on Aging
- Amig@s de Mariposa, Mariposa Sin Fronteras
- Annual Sex and Scholarship Symposium organized by the University of Arizona’s Committee on Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Studies